Patricia BriggsI don't say goodbye very easily, Anna. Not gracefully or prettily. Goodbye tears your heart out and leaves it a feast for carrion birds who happen by.
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When Anna says that once she's said goodbye, she can't bring herself to say goodbye again, she's speaking of the sorrow felt when parting with loved ones. That feeling is so intense that it feels like tearing out your heart and leaving it to be eaten by the birds. Goodbye is the most painful form of parting because there is no possibility of ever seeing that person again, no matter how hard you try. From time to time, however, goodbyes must be said. The only way to keep people or animals safe is to keep them out of harm’s way.
Source: Dead Heat
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